Precise dating of the Middle-to-Upper Paleolithic transition in Murcia (Spain) supports late Neandertal persistence in Iberia

• Main Authors: Zilhao, Joao, Anesin, Daniela, Aubry, Thierry, Badal, Ernestina, Cabanes, Dan, Kehl, Martin, Klasen, Nicole, Lucena, Armando, Martin-Lerma, Ignacio, Martinez, Susana, Matias, Henrique, Susini, Davide, Steier, Peter, Wild, Eva Maria, Angelucci, Diego E., Villaverde, Valentin, Zapata, Josefina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: ELSEVIER SCI LTD 2017
• Subjects: ddc:no; Cueva; Greenland
• Online Access: https://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/21161/

The late persistence in Southern Iberia of a Neandertal-associated Middle Paleolithic is supported by the archeological stratigraphy and the radiocarbon and luminescence dating of three newly excavated localities in the Mula basin of Murcia (Spain). At Cueva Anton, Mousterian layer I-k can be no mor...